Jeff&Qingyun

I am going to play devils advocate here, why would you want to go to the United States if your husband is not supportive of you doing so? If you do go, where will you live, where will you work? Jobs are hard to come by, especially jobs paying enough to support a place to live. The economy in the US is terrible, there are many people who have lost their jobs and are out of work. If he does have tax problems, you being married to him also have tax problems. In other words, if you do find a job you run the risk of the IRS garnishing your wages also. Isn't the reason you wanted a visa, so you can be with the man you love? I do not see any benefit for you to leave your country, family and friends if you and husband are not together. If you two can work things out, then all well and good, but until then I would not even consider going to the US. Jeff

Things must be speeding up! Our NOA2 to receiving the P3 took 3 months and 1 day. That was about normal at the time. Jeff

Hello, My fiancee received the P3 packet today for Guangzhou. There is 1 OF-169 English, 1 OF-169 Chinese, and 1 DS-230 English in the packet. Does she need to submit separate forms for her 5 year old son? He is included on the I-129F petition. Thank you! Jeff

"Yes - alot of little things will start to freak you out! My only advice, stick with the truth, keep things simple, and don't worry about things you have no control over..."

So True!!! Jeff

Hi guys, I am so glad that other September filers are also getting approved!!! Congratulations!!! CSC is granting Christmas wishes! WOOHOO! Jeff

Thank you! Thank you! I wasn't sure whether I should update our timeline now or wait until I had the NOA2 in hand, what the heck I did it now! I hope you guys get yours soon!!! Jeff

Hi to all, Now you can start to get to more anxious, I received an email today "We have been approved". The rest of you should start to see approvals roll in anytime. WOOHOO!!! Jeff

Hi Guys, Hopefully this is a sign of good things for all of us, our petition was touched today! This is first time since it was received at the beginning of September. Now I am getting anxious! Hope we start seeing approvals! Jeff

Thank you guys for your replies! Jeff

Hi, I have searched this subject on this site and CFL with no clear answer, maybe someone can clear things up for me. My fiancee worked in Japan for 2 years during the 90's. I understand she will need a police report from Japan, which is available through a Japanese consulate in China. This is where things are unclear, exactly what paperwork will she need at the Japanese consulate to obtain her police report? If anyone here has gone through this process, please help us! Jeff

Sorry, I am late to post - also filed in September.

Mailed September 3rd, Received 9/5/08 and Notice date was 9/8/08. Since then - nothing

CSC seems to be slow, but I am hopeful I did everything so nicely that they hurry it up - but I doubt it. Best of luck to everyone - I am calculating end of March, beginning of April before my fiance can be in teh US - that sound about right to everyone?

I will be extremely surprised if any of us ( Sept. filers ) are approved before December... but I guess you should always wish for the best! Jeff

When you received your NOA1 - Whose name was in the beneficiary field. Please let me know. They have put my name in the peritioner as well as in beneficiary. Thanks.

The US citizen's name should be in the petitioner box and the foreign fiancee's name should be in the beneficiary box. Everything looks good on my NOA1! Jeff

Hi mikeandjoana, I would wait to send the original documents until after you have received your NOA2. There is always a possiblity of needing one of the originals for an RFE, should you happen to receive one. I just sent our K1 petition to the CSC at the end of August and I plan to send a complete copy of the petition and all original documents to my fiancee after I receive the NOA2. Good luck! Jeff

We sent our petition to the CSC on August 30th, they received it on September 2nd and I received the NOA1 in the mail on September 8th. Hope you get yours soon! Jeff

Hi everyone,

I sent in our petition Saturday 8-30 and it was signed for at 5:35AM on 9-2. Now comes the fun part, my plan is to try to be patient and not worry about it for 4 months and hope the NOA2 comes sooner. I think I can do this but I seriuosly have my doubts about my fiancee being that patient, we'll just have to see what happens. Good luck everyone!

Jeff

"once there what do i need to do to get a american driving license?"

You'll need to learn to drive on the right side of the road!!!

Ok everyone here goes,

I need as much information as possible because things have been very difficult for myself and my finace.

Our journey started 5 years ago when we met and fell in love, after dating for only 1 year he was indicted on a drug charge ( he told me everything before it happened) and waited in the county for 10 months. He was ultimately sentenced to 30 months with time served. He's expected to be out January 2009. While he was incarcerated, he asked me to marry him ( he had his father bring the ring while we were visiting) I said yes!!

In December of 2007 I made a stupid mistake of hanging out with a group of friends....to make a long story short, I forgot I had someone else's marijuana in my purse (1.3g) and was pulled over at the border and it was found (therefore making me now inadmissible to the U.S.) I have applied for an entry waiver and hope to get it by mid next year, but as soon as my fiance comes home ( he is in Michigan , and I'm in Toronto) we want to file for a K1. I'm trying to gather as much info as I can so we can get everything ready to go as soon as he gets home.

I don't have any other charges, and my charge was in Michigan. My fiance's family has a family run business that he will be able to go to as soon as he gets home, and his father has already offered to provide additional affidavit of support if he needs it.

My question is, has anyone had a situation like this, or know of anyone with a situation like this??

How difficult will it be for him petition for me, and will there be tremendous difficulty for us??

Should we go through an immigration lawyer? Or should we petition ourselves??

Any and all information will be greatly appreciated!!

I know if I were in your shoes I would be talking to a good lawyer, I'm afraid you wouldn't have a prayer on your own, but this is just my opionion. I have heard some of the people on this site talk about how discriminating the powers that be are with their petitions and they don't have any charges or convictions to worry about. I wish you the best of luck.

Jeff